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050	0	0	_aPamphlet LC94. _bA3. _cG587 2011
100	1		_aGiustozzi, Antonio.
245	1	4	_aThe battle for the schools : _bthe Taleban and state education / _cAntonio Giustozzi and Claudio Franco.
260			_a[Kabul, Afghanistan?] : _bAfghanistan Analysts Network (AAN), _c©2011.
300			_a28 pages ; _c30 cm.
500			_aCaption title. “Afghanistan Analysts Network”—at head of title.
500			_aAbstract: State education has long been controversial in Afghanistan and has fuelled violent conflict since at least 1978, if not earlier. Between 2006 and 2011, the Taleban redefined their attitude towards state schools. From an all out campaign of aggression, they gradually found an approach more acceptable to rural communities, which in many cases wanted their kids to have access to state education. The genuine development of 2011 is the Taleban's decision to stop attacking schools across Afghanistan. The Taleban explained this is meant to give the Ministry of Education the chance to adopt the Taleban curriculum countrywide. The reduction in the Taleban's attacks on schools and the concessions made by the Ministry of Education to the Taleban in order to reopen schools represent an improvement for Afghanistan's rural communities: children get access to free, secular education, even if the quality (never very high in the state sector) is further diluted, as hours dedicated to secular subjects are reduced to make room for religious subjects. From the perspective of the Afghan state, this development only seems good if it really can contribute to kick-start political negotiations and even this assumes that such negotiations would end positively.
504			_6Includes bibliographical references.
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610	2	0	_aTaliban.
650		0	_aEducation and state _z Afghanistan.
650		0	_aIslam and state _z Afghanistan.
650		0	_aPublic schools _z Afghanistan.
651		0	_aAfghanistan _x Politics and government _y 2001-.
700	1		_aClaudio Franco.
710	1		_aAfghanistan Analysts Network (AAN).
942			_2lcc _cMON _kPamphlet LC94.A3.G587 2011
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